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Iran's presidential election on June 12, 2009, saw a surge in voters at the polls, driven in part by a widespread movement against the incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
- Washington and the UNITED NATIONS now seem self-possessed to disapprove the election results inward Afghanistan and claim that Karzai's government misses legitimacy.http://www.theweek.com/bullpen/column/100594/Making_a_fetish_of_democracy
- On Monday, June 29, 2009, a partial recount of votes began in Iran. On the same day, Ahmadinejad ordered the judiciary to investigate the killing of Neda Soltan, whose death was videotaped during the election riots.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529349,00.html
- As Moussavi supporters attempt to stack evidence of voter fraud by incumbent Ahmadinejad, an exhibit that shows that in Moussavi home town citizens voted in favor to re-elect Ahmadinejad, the statistic was first publicized on June 16, 2009.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/16/iran.election.questions/
Fast Facts
- Date: June 12, 2009
- Sitting president: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Major opposition candidate: Mir Hossein Mousavi
- Unprecedented surge in voter participation
- Iran's state-run news agency reported a landslide victory for Ahmadinejad[1]
- Mousavi claimed victory[2]
- Iran's electoral commission declared Ahmadinejad the winner on June 13, 2009http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAN_ELECTION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-06-13-08-33-43
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls for an investigation after claims of vote-rigging and fraudhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/15/iran-opposition-rally-banned-mousavi
Election and Outcome
Although the major opposition candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, was expected to draw enough support to trigger a run-off election, the Interior Ministry was reporting a landslide in favor of the incumbent after polls closed. According to an official, with 10 million ballots counted, Ahmadinejad had a commanding 68.8 percent of the vote, compared to 28.8 percent for Mousavi. Mousavi, however, alleged that there had been voting irregularities, and declared victory based on "all indications from all over Iran."Al Bawaba: Iran election results: New agency claims Ahmadinejad re-elected Telegraph: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hossein Mousavi both claim victory Ahmadinejad was declared the clear winner by the Iranian electoral commission on June 13, 2009.http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7015481746-
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Mahalo Answers for Iran Election Results
What evidence of Election fraud is there? 3 AnswersBBC News analysis: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8101621.stm -- Quote What is the evidence of electoral fraud? The way the result was announced w... read more
What actual evidence is there of irregularities in the Iran election - is it all hype? 1 AnswerNone, unless you believe polling. read more
Does anyone in their right mind not think the Iran election was stolen? 1 Answerit was totally stolen read more
Where can I find the most updated information on the the Iran Election ? BBC seems to be delayed... 2 AnswersThis link seems to have the most recent open source info. http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/category/iran/ read more -
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Rich & Mark’s Monday Morning View
[...] confident that there will be no election or that Labour will win. [...] machine is already spinning poll results that wildly elevate Nulab's [...] in a low turn-out election with a massive postal vote. [...] a war precluding an election. Time enough for Iran to flare up; [...]alistewart | http://order-order.com/ Original | Permalink (November 23, 2009 01:11 AM) -
Levin Puts Forth War Tax
[...] (e.g. Japan, India, Brazil, and - potentially - Iran) and you provide an additional layer [...] a truly democratic structure will produce better results than an authoritarian form of [...] his job right, winning seats in this election will mean committing - first and [...]Alex Bowles | http://jontaplin.com/ Original | Permalink (November 21, 2009 08:08 PM) -
Friday Open Thread
[...] Human Rights Watch, demonstrations opposed to the election have been savagely repressed. So far, [...] head General Douglas Fraser warned that Iran's "growing influence" in [...] , there is little argument about the results: anger, charges of betrayal, and a [...]AM2k9 | http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/ Original | Permalink (November 20, 2009 02:41 PM) -
Indianapolis Schools Ban Atheism Websites
I was about to start arguing that Iran wasn’t that similar to the [...] zealous government – check, 2) Questionable historical election results – check, 3) Nuclear weapons [...] does Dick Cheney want a war with Iran? He should be inviting them around [...]Custador | http://unreasonablefaith.com/ Original | Permalink (November 20, 2009 08:15 AM) -
Iran Rejects UN-Proposed Nuclear Deal
[...] have reasons and motivations that existed before Iran's involvement with them. They are also [...] , and much more closely connected to Iran, but their origins go back to [...] I checked, Lebanon had an election, and Hezbollah accepted the results. Hamas is different. [...]FrankCornish | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Original | Permalink (November 19, 2009 01:04 PM)
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Rich & Mark’s Monday Morning View




